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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Oryctini » Rhinoceros Beetles (Xyloryctes) » Rhinoceros Beetle (Xyloryctes jamaicensis)
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Xyloryctes jamaicensis - Rhinoceros Beetle - Xyloryctes jamaicensis - male
Copyright © 2006 jganjay

Xyloryctes jamaicensis - Rhinoceros Beetle - Xyloryctes jamaicensis - Male
Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan, USA
August 10, 2006
Size: 27mm (1.1 in.)
Since I was a little kid I have wanted to find one of the rhinoceros beetles (Subfamily Dynastinae). This was the first one I have found. I found two over the summer of 2006 in Michigan. It was a wonderful creature to observe and to hold. The power of the little creatures is amazing.

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Xyloryctes jamaicensis - Rhinoceros Beetle - Xyloryctes jamaicensis - male Xyloryctes jamaicensis - Rhinoceros Beetle - Xyloryctes jamaicensis - male Xyloryctes jamaicensis - Rhinoceros Beetle - Xyloryctes jamaicensis - male
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Contributed by jganjay on 25 April, 2007 - 6:14pm

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